| Packaging
Macheneries / Filling Machine Section |
| Bottling
Machine |
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The
Machine is suitable for 500ml/1000ml/1500ml/2000ml, PVC/PET
Bottles and has a production capacity of 30 Bottles per
minute.
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| The Machine has two
sets of operations. |
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| 1. Automatic
operations – bottle rinsing, bottle filling, cap
pick up, Capping and shrink sleeving inside shrink tunnel. |
| 2. Manual
Operations – empty bottle loading, visual inspection,
sleeve/label insertion, finished bottle unloading and auxiliary
functions like carton handling, carbon sealing, etc. |
| Operational
and technical specifications of the machine are described
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1. The conveyor systems |
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2. Empty bottle handing (Rinsing
rotor) |
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3. Bottle handling (Filling
rotor) |
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4. Cap pick up |
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5. Capping operation |
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6. Shrink Sleeving |
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Conveyor
Systems  |
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Empty
bottles are loaded onto the in feed conveyor manually
and are carries into the machine for onward handling. While traveling
on the conveyor, the bottles are aligned on either side
by guide rods to ensure controlled movement with respect
to related moving components. The empty bottles must
be loaded continuously at the desired rate to prevent breakage
of bottles at the transfer point into the rinsing rotor. The
derlin slats ride on wear strips, as shown to achieve noiseless
running and prevent wear and tear. The wear strips
are held firmly on the conveyer body by countersunk screws. The
conveyers, both in feed and out feed, are driven by ¼ HP,
3 phase gear motors having an output speed of 33 rpm. |
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| Empty Bottle
Handling (Rinsing Rotor) |
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Empty
bottles coming into the machine on the in feed conveyer
are transferred into the rinsing rotor by the bottle
pusher. The
bottle pusher receives the empty bottle during its return
stroke and delivers the bottle into the bottle gripper
at the end of the forward stroke. The bottle once
caught by the gripper is inverted during rotor indexing
for three stations rinsing. When positioned at the
rinsing station, the bottle compresses a metallic strip,
which is detected by the proximity switch for the rinsing
operation. In case there is no bottle in the gripper,
then rinsing does not take place, thus achieving NO BOTTLE – NO
RINSE. Rinsing is done at three stations prior to
automatic transfer to the filling rotor for the filling
operation. The rinse time at each station can be
individually regulated with timer control. |
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Filling
is carried out at four stations through four solenoid
valves. The
bottle while traveling on the filling rotor is held at
the neck and the body by adapters provided for the purpose
confirming to the bottle dimensions. NO BOTTLE – NO
FILL is achieved by metallic strips which come into range
of proximity switches when compressed by the bottle neck. The
quantity of water to be filled at each station can be adjusted
by setting the reading at the respective filling timer. The
readings set should give a cumulative fill of 1000 ml at
the fourth filling station. |
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After
completion of filling operation, the bottle automatically
picks up a cap from the chute. Caps slide down the chute after
emerging from the vibrator and position themselves properly
with respect to the cap. Caps are dumped into the
vibrator bowl for steady feeding of the chute please note
that wet caps should never be emptied into the bowl since
this could affect the output of the caps due to presence
of water. The caps should be dry and undistorted. |
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After
the bottle picks up a cap from the chute it comes to
rest under the capping head. In case of LDPE plug type caps,
the capping head merely descends and punches the cap onto
the neck of the bottle to complete the capping. In
case of HDPE roll on caps, the capping head has to turn
the cap on the thread profile of the bottle neck to complete
the capping operation. The capping shaft gets its
rotary motion form a ¼ HP gear motor mounted on
the underside of the base plate. The linear motion
of the shaft comes from the cam mounted on the main drive
shaft. Capping pressure can be varied by shifting
the vertical position of the pulley on the long capping
shaft. If the shaft is moved down and tightened then
the capping pressure increases whole if it is raised and
tightened then the capping pressure decreases. |
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The
cap sleeves and body labels are inserted manually on
the bottles as it travels on the discharge conveyor.
The sleeves are positioned properly before entering the
shrink tunnel and the bottles after passing through the
tunnel, are unloaded manually at the far end of the conveyor. There are three heaters
inside the tunnel having a collective electrical load of
3 KW. The heat is uniformly distributed inside the tunnel
by a ¼ HP air blower. Temperature inside
the tunnel is sensed by a thermocouple mounted in the cavity
so that the temperature controller can regulate the intensity
of heat. |
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All
the control devices are fitted inside the control panel,
which is mounted on the machine itself. The filling timers, rinsing
timers and the control switches are fitted such that they
offer access to the operator. All the motors have
thermal relays which protect them against voltage surges
and excessive current. The rinse timings along with
the fill timings can be individually controlled to obtain
an optimum fill of 1000 ml or otherwise. |
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| UV Lamps – five
nos. UV lamps are provided on the machine, four in the
filling zone and one on the cap chute. There are
five nos. ballasts inside the control panel for these UV
lamps. |
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